After a week of intense studying, tomorrow’s my exam to become a Justice of the Peace.

If I pass the exam I get an Interview and another a written french language test, which I am pretty convinced and confident, I will ace.

But tomorrow’s test is stressing me, a PUBLIC high ranked officer of a Penal/criminal court, this is a majour 180 degree flip from my actual work experience in corporate and immovables… I went back to my old college notes, borrowed doctrine from the National Archives, wrote numerous pages of reminders to study, readt the Penal Procedure Code, everything related to procedure in the Criminal Code… I’m ready…

As someone who loves federal politics, Criminal law is probably a better field for me than corporate and immovables (a provincial subject). I do NOT want to fuck shit up.

Wish me luck! I’ll give you an update about how it went tomorrow afternoon!

Hey, good luck! So, I’m curious, because I’m very unfamiliar on the subject. What does a justice of the peace do since the person has already plead guilty? From what I know about lawyers, they tend to try to make their client look innocent, so this is like the opposite of that, haha.

Alright, people, time for a followup!
The test was… Kinda what I expected. Except it focused way more on the provincial penal code than the Criminal Code. Which probably means the city is looking for a Justice of the Peace working on parking tickets and speed tickets. Which are as important and a good entry point to the fantastic world of criminal law.

I don’t think I aced it, but I strongly believe I passed it. 75% we’re allocated to questions, 25% to redaction. 10 points can be removed for language.

I have a rival, she didn’t look prepared at all, She was in the office next to mine and I heard her struggling way too much. It WAS hard but anybody who knows his stuff should have been able to finish this without struggling. If this is my only competition I believe this job is mine.

Of course it’s a temporary job, but never underestimate unions. If I’m in, they’ll try to put me somewhere else.

I’m confident I will be called for the Interview and the language test. That will be my next followup, whenever I receive said call.